Knotless package tie



y 7, 1946. I. R; TREVlSAN KNOTLESS PACKAGE TIE Origi nal Filed Dec. 11',1943 HALO RAQMQND 'TREVISAN Reissued May 7, 1946 22,753 ItIlYKG'lTLIESSPACKAGE TIE Italo Raymond Trevisan,

Newark, N. J.

Original No. 2,371,920, dated March 20, 1945,

Serial No. 513,980, cation for reissue No. 617,656

3 Claims.

The present invention relates in general to package for bundle ties andmore particularly to a package handle adapted to tighten and secure thepackage binding in a, knotless tie.

The use of handles secured to package bindings for the purpose ofcarrying is well known. One of the familiar handles of this type ishooked onto the binding after the latter is tightened and securely tiedby a knot.

In unwrapping a package thus bound, it is first necessary to untie,break or cut the binding. This step in the procedure of unwrapping isoften tedious and frequently results in injuries such as chafing of thefingers in attempting to.

break the binding, or cutting due to slippage of a knife used insevering it.

It is an object of the present invention to avoid these inconveniencesand possible injuries by providing a package handle with means fortightening and securing the binding without tieing a knot therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle of the characterdescribed with means for hooking the binding whereby the package may besupported and carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a handle with meansfor maintaining the tie securely until it is desired to remove thehandle and binding from the package.

The operation of removing the handle and binding from a package thussecured is simple, requiring merely the removal of the handle whichsimultaneously releases the binding.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following description which, takenin connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferredembodiment thereof In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a package provided with a handleembodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the handle;

Fig. 3 is a plan view taken at 33 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a package and binding to which the handle isabout to be applied.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral In designates generally a packagehandle embodying one form of the present invention.

The handle shown comprises two parts, a wire portion l5 and a wooden orfibrous hand grip l5 threaded onto the wire to protect the hand incarrying. The grip 16 may, of course,

pensed with in some instances, or may form an be dis- December 11, 1943.September 20, 1945, Serial Appliyond the spiral 25 are shaped tointegral part of the handle in other embodiments of the invention.

The wire I5 may be a continuous length bent downwardly at l1, l8adjacent the ends of grip l6 thence upwardly and downwardly in outwardlyextending reverse or S-shaped bends i9, 20 to form support or carryinghooks 2|, From these extremities, the wire is bent inwardly in lengths23, 24 substantially in parallel alignment with the grip and unite in adownwardly formed intertwining spiral gripping post 25.

The spiral shown in the drawing is left-hand, but a right-hand spiral issometimes desirable. I use the term spiral in its broadest sensethroughout this specification and claims. Furthermore, it is to beunderstood that roughening or corrugating the post 25 for the purpose ofgripping the binding is contemplated by the invention. And the mere useof a material for the post which provides a sufficiently highcoefiicient of friction between it and the binding would likewise bewithin the meaning of the term gripping" as used herein, even though thepost may be made smooth on its binding-engaging surface.

The two ends of the wire H: which extend beform a pair of oppositelydisposed tightening and tying hooks 2B, 21 which take the form of anelongated S as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, with the leading points or ends'28, 29 preferably on a slightly lower plane than that of the centralportion of the S formation.

Fig. 4 illustrates tying a binding above described the first step intightening and I2 on a package utilizing the handle 10. The binding isfirst wrapped around the package, leaving the ends of the binding free.The binding need not be tight before the hooks are inserted under it asshown in Fig. 4 because, after the hooks are thus positioned, turningthe handle in the direction indicated by arrows in Fig. 4 and about avertical axis through the spiral 25 will result in twisting the bindingaround the spiral which both tightens and ties the binding effectively.The support hooks 2|, 22 are then hooked onto the binding therebylocking the binding in its tightened and tied condition on the spiraland also providing means for carrying the package.

When the load of the package strains at the binding, the strands of thebinding surrounding the post or spiral 25 are forced into more intimatecontact with each other and with the spiral thereby increasing thefrictional engagement between the overlapped portions, of binding onbinding and/or binding on post and increasing the security of the tie.

To release tages, the form hereinbefore described being merely apreferred embodiment thereof.

claim:

tie.

ITALO RAYMOND 'I'REVISAN.

